Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His tied-back hair is red. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Body Guard for hire.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp. Hematite (4 gp). Coral (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, and is pretty ugly. His blonde hair is cut short. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born in the east to a Bookbinder, Manfred learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Manfred alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bookbinder for the past few years.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 30000 sp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and he perpetually has his shortspear ready. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Richard was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Human compassion; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Terse, Racist. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Rolf is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Nature, Family, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His parents enrolled him in a Bard school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. Banded agate (13 gp). Peridot (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.